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Favicon generator — one image to a full favicon pack, in your browser

Upload a single image and get a complete favicon pack: every icon size, a real multi-size favicon.ico, a site.webmanifest, and a copy-paste HTML snippet — zipped in seconds. 100% in your browser, so your image is never uploaded, and there is no sign-up.

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Overview

How do I generate a favicon for my website?

To generate a favicon, add one image — ideally a square PNG, SVG, JPG, or WebP at least 512×512px — choose a transparent or solid background, and download the pack. With the MumenLabs Favicon Generator the entire process runs inside your browser: your image is never uploaded, you get every icon size plus a real favicon.ico and site.webmanifest, and there is no sign-up.

A favicon sounds like a one-file job, but doing it properly in 2026 means shipping a small pack of files so your icon looks right in browser tabs, on Android home screens, on iOS, and inside a PWA. This tool builds that whole pack from a single source image.

What a complete favicon pack contains

Modern sites need more than a lone favicon.ico. The pack this generator produces covers the cases that actually matter:

  • favicon.ico — a real multi-size ICO embedding 16, 32, and 48px icons, for legacy browsers, Windows, and feed readers.
  • favicon-16x16.png and favicon-32x32.png — the crisp PNGs modern browsers use in tabs and bookmarks.
  • apple-touch-icon.png (180×180) — the icon iOS uses when someone adds your site to their home screen.
  • android-chrome-192x192.png and android-chrome-512x512.png — the icons Android and PWA installs reference through the web manifest.
  • site.webmanifest — a valid manifest wiring the Android icons to your app name and theme colour.
  • An HTML snippet — the exact <link> tags to paste into your <head>.

You get all of it as a single favicon-pack.zip, or you can download any file on its own.

A real favicon.ico — not a renamed PNG

A lot of "favicon generators" hand you a PNG with the extension changed to .ico. That happens to render in some modern browsers, but it is not a valid ICO file, and it breaks or blurs in the exact places .ico still matters: older browsers, Windows Explorer, and some readers.

This tool packs a genuine ICO container — the small binary header, one directory entry per size, and the embedded 16, 32, and 48px images — so /favicon.ico behaves the way the format is supposed to. Everything is assembled in your browser with a tiny pure-JavaScript packer; there is no server round-trip.

Your image never leaves your device — provably

Every icon is drawn locally with the browser's Canvas API. When you add an image, it is decoded in your browser's memory, redrawn at each favicon size, encoded to PNG, and packed into the ZIP — all on your machine. Nothing is transmitted to us or anyone else.

You do not have to take our word for it. Turn off your internet connection and generate anyway. It still works, because there is nothing to send. For designers and developers handling unreleased logos, client artwork, or brand marks under NDA, that is the difference between a tool you can use and one you cannot.

How to add the favicon to your site

Once you have the pack, wiring it up takes about a minute:

  1. Copy the files into the folder your site serves at its root, so /favicon.ico, /apple-touch-icon.png, and /site.webmanifest all resolve.

  2. Paste the snippet into the <head> of your HTML (or your layout template):

    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest">

  3. Deploy. Browsers cache favicons aggressively, so do a hard refresh (or check in a private window) if you do not see the new icon immediately.

That is it — a proper favicon across browsers, Android, and iOS, without touching a single command-line tool.

Choosing the right source image

Favicons are tiny, so the source matters more than its resolution alone:

  • Go square and at least 512×512px so the largest icon stays sharp.
  • Keep the mark simple and high-contrast. A bold shape reads at 16×16px; a detailed logo with fine text turns to mush at that size.
  • Prefer PNG or SVG with transparency for flexibility — then, if a platform needs an opaque icon, add a solid background here in one click.

Transparent vs solid background

Transparent PNG favicons look clean in browser tabs on light and dark themes. But the apple-touch-icon and the .ico frequently render transparency as solid black on iOS and some platforms. To avoid an ugly surprise on an iPhone home screen, switch off transparency and pick a background colour — it is applied consistently to every generated icon, and reused as the manifest's theme colour.

Free, no watermark, no account

Plenty of favicon sites gate the useful output: a watermark, an email wall before the download, or a "pro" tier for the manifest. This one does not.

  • No watermark on any icon.
  • No sign-up — generate and download straight away.
  • No limits — build as many packs as you like.

Who it is for

The Favicon Generator is built for anyone shipping a website or app:

  • Front-end and full-stack developers who just need the pack and the snippet.
  • Designers turning a brand mark into a proper set of platform icons.
  • Agencies and freelancers generating favicons for client work they cannot upload to a third-party server.
  • Indie hackers and side-project builders who want a real favicon in a minute, not an afternoon.

Working with the source artwork first? Resize, convert, and compress it with the Image Compressor — also 100% in your browser.

The bottom line

The MumenLabs Favicon Generator is the free, private way to turn one image into a complete favicon pack — every size, a real multi-size favicon.ico, a site.webmanifest, and the HTML snippet to wire it up, all delivered as a ZIP and generated 100% in your browser. Because your image never leaves your device, it is the safe choice for logos and brand assets you would rather not upload.

Add an image and generate your favicon pack in seconds — no upload, no watermark, no sign-up.

Features

What you get

A complete favicon pack, not just one icon

One image in, a full pack out: favicon-16x16.png, favicon-32x32.png, apple-touch-icon.png (180px), android-chrome-192x192.png, android-chrome-512x512.png, a multi-size favicon.ico, and site.webmanifest. Everything a modern site needs across browsers, Android, and iOS — no missing sizes.

A real multi-size favicon.ico

The .ico is a proper ICO container embedding 16, 32, and 48px icons — not a PNG with the extension renamed. That is the file legacy browsers and Windows expect, so your favicon renders crisply everywhere instead of blurring or breaking.

Your image never leaves your device

Every icon is drawn locally in your browser with the Canvas API — nothing is uploaded to any server. Your logo, unreleased brand mark, or client artwork stays on your machine. You can prove it: disconnect from the internet and it still works.

Copy-paste HTML + manifest included

You get the exact <link> tags to drop into your <head> and a ready-made site.webmanifest with your app name and theme colour filled in. No hunting through docs to remember which rel and sizes attributes you need.

Transparent or solid background

Keep transparency for PNG icons, or render on a solid background colour for the apple-touch-icon and .ico — where transparency often turns black on iOS. One toggle, applied consistently across every size.

Free, no watermark, no sign-up

Generate as many favicon packs as you want, free, with no watermark on any icon and no account required. It is a developer utility, not a funnel — download your ZIP and go.

How it works

Up and running in minutes

1

Add your image

Drop in a PNG, JPG, WebP, or SVG. A square image of at least 512×512px gives the sharpest results. It loads straight into your browser — nothing is sent anywhere.

2

Set background and name

Keep a transparent background or pick a solid colour, and enter your app or site name for the manifest. A live preview shows every icon size the moment you generate.

3

Download the pack

Grab the whole set as a single favicon-pack.zip — all the PNGs, the multi-size favicon.ico, site.webmanifest, and the HTML snippet — or download any icon on its own.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

For a modern site the practical set is favicon.ico (containing 16, 32, and 48px), favicon-16x16.png and favicon-32x32.png for browser tabs, apple-touch-icon.png at 180px for iOS home screens, and android-chrome-192x192.png plus android-chrome-512x512.png for Android and PWA installs. This generator produces every one of those in a single pack, so you do not have to guess.

Download the pack, copy the PNGs, favicon.ico, and site.webmanifest into the root folder your site serves (so /favicon.ico resolves), then paste the provided <link> tags into the <head> of your HTML. The tool gives you the exact snippet to copy — link tags for the icons, the apple-touch-icon, and the manifest — so it is a copy, paste, and deploy job.

No. The entire pack is generated locally in your browser using the Canvas API — your image is never sent to our servers or anyone else's. You can confirm it by turning off your internet connection: the generator still works, because there is nothing to upload. That makes it safe for unreleased logos, client work, and brand assets under NDA.

Yes. It is a genuine multi-size ICO container that embeds 16, 32, and 48px icons — not a PNG renamed to .ico. A correct ICO is what older browsers, Windows, and some feed readers expect, so your favicon shows up crisp instead of blurry or blank. The PNG icons in the pack cover modern browsers, Android, and iOS.

Use a square image at least 512×512px so the largest icon stays sharp. A simple, high-contrast mark reads far better at 16×16px than a detailed logo with fine text — favicons are tiny, so bold shapes win. PNG or SVG with a transparent background gives you the most flexibility, and you can add a solid background here if you need one.

Transparent PNGs look great in browser tabs on any theme. But the apple-touch-icon and .ico often render transparency as black on iOS and some platforms, so a solid background colour is safer there. This tool lets you choose: keep transparency, or pick a background colour that is applied to every generated icon.

If you want your site to be installable as a Progressive Web App, or to control the icon and theme colour Android uses on the home screen and task switcher, then yes. The generator writes a valid site.webmanifest referencing the 192px and 512px icons with your app name and theme colour already filled in — include it and reference it from your <head>, or leave it out if you do not need PWA behaviour.

Yes. SVG, PNG, JPG, and WebP all work. The SVG is rasterised to each pixel size on a canvas, so you still get standard PNG and ICO files that every browser understands, generated from your crisp vector source.

Yes. Every icon comes out clean — no watermark, no added branding — and there is no cap on how many packs you generate. No account or sign-up is required to use it.

Yes. It runs in any modern browser, including on phones and tablets, using the same local, in-browser processing. Add an image, generate, and download the pack directly on your device.

No. There is nothing to download or install and no build step. The generator runs entirely in your web browser, so it works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile with no CLI, plugin, or desktop app.

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